Northwest Notes: Thursday, February 18

Area schools compete at Regionals Saturday

The Region 1 and District 1 tournaments in 5A, 4A and 3A classifications will be contested on Saturday at Lakeland High starting at 9 a.m.

Quarterfinals in all three classifications begin at 9 a.m., with championship finals scheduled to begin around 3:15.

The top three finishers in 5A, the two two in 4A and top three in 3A advance to the state tournament Feb. 27-28 at Holt Arena in Pocatello.

Cost is $12 for a tournament pass, $8 for a student all session pass. Individual session passes are $6 and a student session pass is $4.

Any student without a student ID will be charged full price.

Gomez transfers to

Idaho cross country/track

MOSCOW - University of Idaho director of track and field/cross country Tim Cawley announced the signing of former Coeur d'Alene High and Oregon State distance runner Kinsey Gomez during the spring signing period.

Gomez lettered all four years in cross country and track and field, and was Gatorade Athlete of the Year in 2010 and 2011.

While at Oregon State, Gomez broke the 6-kilometer school record in the 2013 cross country season and also holds the 10K outdoor record, which she set in 2014. She competed at the Pac-12 cross county championships (2011-13) and track and field championships in 2012-14.

"Kinsey is an amazing talent who has a positive attitude and is just fun to be around," Cawley said. "She is a true student athlete getting it done in the classroom as well. She is a great addition to the team."

Gomez joins first-year cross country coach Travis Floeck, who was at Oregon State before joining the Vandal staff.

NIC basketball head to Utah

for final regular season games

The North Idaho College men's and women's basketball teams will wrap up the regular season this weekend in Scenic West Athletic Conference play in Utah, starting tonight against Snow College in Ephraim, Utah.

NIC's men (21-6, 8-5 SWAC) can clinch the third seed to next week's Region 18 tournament with a win against Snow (17-11, 6-7). The teams have split in two matchups this season, with NIC beating Snow 76-60 in Coeur d'Alene on Jan. 29.

NIC's women (18-11, 5-8 SWAC) won in its last visit to Snow (20-4, 8-5) on Jan. 10, earning a 76-74 win in overtime. Snow and Southern Idaho (17-11, 8-5) are tied for second in the conference.

NIC concludes the regular season on Saturday at Salt Lake.

Games are available via webcast at www.nicathletics.com.